Coalville Times | 1901-11-29 | Page 5 | Undertaker's Turn to Laugh

Undertaker's Tarn te Laugh. "W don't often bav funny experiences experi-ences In our business, " nald a well-known well-known undertaker yesterday, "but whsn I first went Into It I waa tha. victim of a practical jok that t uc-i cseded In turning my way. 1 waa approached ap-proached one morning by an acquaint- anca. He waa apparently greatly worried wor-ried and asked roe to go to his houas.i saying my aervlcea wer needed. l' went almost Immediately and waa surprised sur-prised to find th msn out Ills wlf met me, however, and escorted me to. a rear room. Then sh ratrested, probably to laugh, while I made close examination and found a eniutl roxterrler lying dead on a chair. 'You, want tb dog burled?' 1 asked, and waa told yea. That was all tha con' was sufficient to constitute ah order. ( I left, only to return an hour later with a small casket, made from a soap' f box. I drove my largest wagon, mad i all tha display possible, and created no little excitement among tha neighbors. neigh-bors. T got th dog's body, drovs off, snd bad It burled on an annex garb-i age dump. Then my fun began. I sent a bill for 110 tb next day. Tb man cam down In a rage, tried to. ' explain that It waa only a joks, but it; wouldn't go with me. 'This Is only a , llttlo tun on my part,' I told blm, and I when he refused to pay I entered aullj before a certain magistral aad recovered re-covered the bill and coats. Then I laughed and enjoyed 1L" Baltlmora Sun.